State Dept cable 1975-56417

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INFO OCT-01 EUR-08 NEA-07 ISO-OO SS-07 NSC-06 AID-01 /033 W

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E.O. 11652: GDS

TAGS: OREP (SCOTT, WILLIAM L.)

SUBJECT: CODEL SCOTT VISIT

SUMMARY: SENATOR SCOTT MET WITH KING KHALID AND CROWN
PRINCE FAHD DURING HIS VISIT. THE MEETINGS TOUCHED
UPON OIL, BUT DEALT MAINLY WITH IMPORTANCE OF US MILITARY
ASSISTANCE TO SAG. PRINCE FAHD IN PARTICULAR DWELT
UPON THIS SUBJECT, MENTIONING FRENCH ARMS SALES OVER-
TURES DURING HIS RECENT TRIP TO FRANCE. THE SAUDIS WERE
PLEASED BY THE VISIT WHICH RECEIVED EXTENSIVE MEDIA
COVERAGE.

1. CODEL SCOTT ARRIVED IN JIDDA EVENING OF AUGUST 9, FLEW
TO TAIF THE 10TH AND RETURNED THE SAME DAY, AND DEPARTED
JIDDA AUGUST 11, 0900.

2. AFTER EMBASSY BRIEFINGS SATURDAY EVENING, SENATOR AND
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CHARGE MET WITH KING KHALID SUNDAY AUGUST 10. SENATOR

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STATED THAT US WAS CONCERNED SOLUTION TO ME CONFLICT AND
THAT THIS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BEST BY CONCESSIONS FROM
BOTH SIDES. US LEARNED LESSON FROM VIETNAM NOT TO FRITTER
AWAY ITS MIT, IT ARY AND POLITICAL CAPITAL CAPITAL IN LIMITED ENGAGE-
NENTS. IT WOULD USE FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY IN ANY SIM-
ILAR SITUATION IN FUTURE TO ACHIEVE VICTORY IN SHORTEST
TIME POSSIBLE. KING KHALID RESPONDED BY WISHING US SUC-
CESS IN PEACEMAKING ACTIVITIES AND STRESSED SAG WISHED FOR
PEACE IN ME. HM BELIEVED PEACE WOULD COME ABOUT WITH
ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND JERUSALEM
AND ITS RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS. HM
PLEASED AT CURRENT STATE OF US-SAUDI RELATIONS, BUT
HOPED THAT USG WOULD GIVE MORE CONSISTENT SUPPORT TO JORDAN
AND TURKEY. SENATOR SCOTT TOLD THE KING THAT THE US
AND SAUDI ARABIA BOTH WERE CONCERNED WITH WITHSTANDING
THE COMMUNIST THREAT. THE SENATOR SAW THIS THREAT EVEN
MORE MENACING IF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN WESTERN EUROPE
WORSENED OR REMAINED DEPRESSED. FOR THIS REASON HE URGED
THAT KING KHALID KEEP THE PRICE OF OIL FROM RISING BECAUSE
THIS WOULD PLACE THE FREE WORLD ECONOMY UNDER GREAT STRAIN.

THE KING SAID THEAT MODERATION IN OIL PRICES WAS VERY MUCH
SAUDI ARABIA'S POLICY; HE SAID THAT HE WOULD GIVE US HELP
ON OIL PRICES, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE US WOULD
CONTINUE ITS GOOD EFFORTS IN ME.

3. IN THE MEETING WHICH FOLLOWED WITH CROWN PRINCE FAHD,

THE SENATOR STATED THAT HE FAVORED A BALANCED
APPROACH TO THE ARAB ISRAELI PROBLEM. HE REMARKED THAT US AND
SA HAD COMMON GOALS; TO RESIST THE ADVANCE OF COMMUNISM AND
TO SECURE A LASTING PEACE IN ME. PRINCE FAHD RESPONDED
THAT SA WISHED FOR PEACE PROVIDING THAT THE PALESTINIANS
WERE RECOGNIZED BY ISRAEL. HIS HIGHNESS STATED THAT SAG
STILL MUCH OPPOSED TO SOVIET PRESSURES AND THAT SAG HAD
SET A PRECEDENT ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO BY BREAKING DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH USSR. SENATOR SCOTT SAID THAT THE US
WISHED TO CONTINUE MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO SAG. PRINCE
FAHD REPLIED THAT HE HAD RECENTLY GONE TO FRANCE
AND HAD BEEN SHOWN MANY DIFFERENCT KINDS OF FRENCH MIL-
ITARY EQUIPMENT, BUT HAD LET THE FRENCH KNOW THAT HE PRE-
FERRED US EQUIPMENT. HE SAID ALSO THAT THE USSR EAGERLY
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SELL SAUDIS EQUIPMENT IF GIVEN THE CHANCE, BUT THAT
BESIDES IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES SOVIETS INSIST ON TOO
MUCH CONTROL AND PRESENCE IN COUNTRIES TO WHICH THEY GIVE
MILITARY AID. PRINCE FAHD THEN REPEATED KING KHALID'S
REMARK THAT US AID AND EQUIPMENT IS THE BEST IN THE
WORLD. HE ADDED THAT US RESPONSE TO SAG MILITARY REQUESTS
WAS GETTING SOMEWHAT BETTER AND THAT US WAS MOR COOPER-
ATIVE THAN BEFORE IN PLACING SAUDIS IN TRAINING SLOTS

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IN US. HOWEVER, HE SAID RAPID EVOLUTION OF BASIC MILITARY
EQUIPMENT POSED PROBLEMS FOR SAUDIS. SENATOR SCOTT EX-
PLAINED THAT RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC MILITARY EQUIPMENT
WAS ALSO A PROBLEM FOR US ARMED FORCES, BUT THAT IF ONE
WANTED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE VERY BEST AND MOST
SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT, THERE WAS UNFORTUNATELY NO ALTERN-
ATIVES. HIS HIGHNESS AGREED.

4. SAUDIS WERE PLEASED WITH SCOTT VISIT WHICH CARRIED
EXTENSIVELY IN RADIO, PRESS, AND TV. THEY CONSIDERED
HIM A FRIEND OF SAUDI ARABIA AND BALANCED AND
OPEN-MINDED ON PROBLEMS OF A MIDDLE EAST PEACE SETTLE-
MENT.

HORAN

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Draft Date: 13 AUG 1975

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Margaret P. Grafeld
Declassified/Released
US Department of State
EO Systematic Review
06 JUL 2006

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Subject: CODEL SCOTT VISIT SUMMARY: SENATOR SCOTT MET WITH KING KHALID AND CROWN
TAGS: OREP, (SCOTT, WILLIAM L)

To: STATE
Type: TE

Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006